Stop in for a cup of coffee

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71340Duster said:
I'm back from Colorado, Grand Caravan worked out, seller showed, no tickets. Gotta say I liked Denver/Colorado, plenty of outdoor outfitters (didn't know it was the home of Eagle Claw), 80 MPH speed limits, gas was a lot cheaper than in WA. Made it to Twin Falls Idaho first leg, then on into Seattle, got hood to body shop on Monday. Smelled of lot of "Tegrity" in Denver lol!

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Did you stop by and visit Rani while you were there??? :D :steering:
 
Mattax said:
Except the steel parts are still needed for the critical business
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Yes, any part that has high loads should be made out of strong materials... I don't think they have any 3D printing materials that can handle heavy loads yet...
 
krazykuda said:
Yes, a 3D model is good to see the shape and geometry and may be used as a core to make a mold with...

3D printing is good for prototyping to test the fit for a design as you can print a part within a day depending on your 3D printer and it's capacity... The one at my first school took 24 hours to print the models...

After you 3d print it and make sure it will fit and work properly, then you can kick off making more durable tooling for the parts once you have verified the design is good...
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I think it would be to make the mold directly in this case. we have a couple originals.
If interested I'll add you to our discussion.
 
krazykuda said:
Did you stop by and visit Rani while you were there??? :D :steering:
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No time for visiting any FABO buddies, wife had a couple of nieces which we visited for coffee which we did first thing Sunday a.m. She did give me some accurate advice about the food at Casa Bonita's however, she was dead on lol!
 
Well, the wife's got either walking pneumonia or bronchitis, and a low grade fever......gotta go take care of her, good night all!
 
Mattax said:
I think it would be to make the mold directly in this case. we have a couple originals.
If interested I'll add you to our discussion.
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The hard part of reverse engineering is to figure out how large some of the radiuses are... I don't have any measuring instruments that can do that accurately....

When I was at the engine plant, we had a CMM and another machine that you could make a shadow of the part and magnify it to measure it more accurately...

Curves and radiuses are hard to measure accurately with a hand caliper... :BangHead:
 
I'm lost... I have to go look for myself...

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I'm going to stand outside...

If anybody asks about me, you can just tell them that I'm outstanding....
 
krazykuda said:
The hard part of reverse engineering is to figure out how large some of the radiuses are... I don't have any measuring instruments that can do that accurately....

When I was at the engine plant, we had a CMM and another machine that you could make a shadow of the part and magnify it to measure it more accurately...

Curves and radiuses are hard to measure accurately with a hand caliper... :BangHead:
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I think Dana may have taken care of all that.
He 2 b N Ngineer
 
he 'just' wants to get it into digital format

Always watch out when engineers say 'just' to the techs.
Even worse when the upper managment types say 'just'
LOL
 
I'll take that as a yes - maybe.
I'll add you to the conversation in the morning.
You can always back out.
;)
 
Evening......

These days seem to last forever.

I worked all day sun up to sun down around the house and I'm mega pooped !!!
 
Goodmorning!
-8c,heading for plus 3. Should be a nice day.
Got right side of Avalanche apart,lots of carnage.
Add in a bad upper ball joint and wheel bearing on driver’s side is hooped too.
It came apart pretty easy,should have it all done by noon if i dont dog it.
 
Good Morning. I am back. A waste of time almost. Kids have stepped in and I am happy about that. But a crooked neighbor has it all tied up by claiming to have a will that he gets it all. Until he produces that it is now in the control of the state. Long story and a long drive and I hope I am done
 
krazykuda said:
You may need to get your eyes checked and get some new glasses.... :poke: :lol:


Sometimes looking at things in 3D creates an optical illusion...

Luckily I had a crank in my room right next to me when I drew it, so I made sure that I have the journals in the proper orientation...


I did do basic shapes and fudged some of the counterweights because as Chris can account for, the sketch for the details must be what's called "fully defined" for you to go to 3D or it can cause issues later... With some of the complex geometry in the counter weights, it can be difficult to get the sketches to be fully defined so I can extrude them into 3D details... The main purpose of the final project is to get the parts to assemble in 3D and move correctly, so a few scallops in the details is not as necessary as getting the parts to fit and move correctly....
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yep

krazykuda said:
Yes, any part that has high loads should be made out of strong materials... I don't think they have any 3D printing materials that can handle heavy loads yet...
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The army 3D printed a concrete bridge.

krazykuda said:
The hard part of reverse engineering is to figure out how large some of the radiuses are... I don't have any measuring instruments that can do that accurately....

When I was at the engine plant, we had a CMM and another machine that you could make a shadow of the part and magnify it to measure it more accurately...

Curves and radiuses are hard to measure accurately with a hand caliper... :BangHead:
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get ya a decent set of radius gauges
 
halifaxhops said:
Glad your out of it. Stop by the cop shop?
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Yep....really good guy. I liked him immediately. Bus he told me with the kids involved he could not give me the guns but if the kids sshow up he will still release them because I asked about them before all of the mess. He also said that I am not legally permitted to go in and get anything. BUT you need to find the will so he looked away. I got a lot of the files and a few other things. I could not find his Military medals. Some things don't make sense and I blame the neighbor. But 650 miles away there was not much I could do.
 
dartnabout said:
Yep....really good guy. I liked him immediately. Bus he told me with the kids involved he could not give me the guns but if the kids sshow up he will still release them because I asked about them before all of the mess. He also said that I am not legally permitted to go in and get anything. BUT you need to find the will so he looked away. I got a lot of the files and a few other things. I could not find his Military medals. Some things don't make sense and I blame the neighbor. But 650 miles away there was not much I could do.
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Sad to hear. Hang in there
 
dartnabout said:
Yep....really good guy. I liked him immediately. Bus he told me with the kids involved he could not give me the guns but if the kids sshow up he will still release them because I asked about them before all of the mess. He also said that I am not legally permitted to go in and get anything. BUT you need to find the will so he looked away. I got a lot of the files and a few other things. I could not find his Military medals. Some things don't make sense and I blame the neighbor. But 650 miles away there was not much I could do.
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I believe the VFW can get his medals pulled up. I know they got a couple of the ones my grandfather was missing for us.
 
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